The Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) is an astronaut propulsion unit that was used by NASA on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984. The MMU allowed the astronauts...
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The Manned Maneuvering Unit in Space NASA Manned maneuvering unit: User's guide - 1978 (PDF document) Assessment of the NASA Manned Maneuvering Unit - 1988...
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Cosmodome (section Manned Maneuvering Unit)
forwards and backwards, rotating along the axis of the pad. The Manned Maneuvering Unit simulates the NASA vehicle of the same name. By forcing compressed...
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Cold gas thruster (section Manned Maneuvering Unit)
Retrieved 2018-12-12. US 3270986 Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit Lenda, J. A. "Manned maneuvering unit: User's guide." (1978). plarson (2015-06-25). "The...
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Stewart performed the first untethered spacewalk, operating the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) for the first time. At 8:25 a.m. EST, pulsing the MMU's thrusters...
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missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. Byron Willis McCandless was born on June 8, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts...
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followed on the Shuttle, notably those on STS-41-B (the first Manned Maneuvering Unit flight), STS-41-C (the Solar Max repair mission), STS-41-G (the...
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Radiation Budget Satellite. It was also used as a test bed for the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) and served as the platform to repair the malfunctioning SolarMax...
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spacewalks were only performed on three missions in 1984 using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), and on a flight test in 1994 of the Simplified Aid For EVA...
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SAFER is a small, simplified version of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), which was used for regular maneuvering. SAFER is fitted around the life support...
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some hard elements (named the I-Suit), was developed later. The Manned Maneuvering Unit is noted in regard to the single-person spacecraft, and it was...
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Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit (HHMU), also known as the maneuvering gun, or informally as "the zip gun", was the first astronaut propulsion unit. It was first...
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management unit, a computer component Manned Maneuvering Unit, a NASA spacesuit rocket pack Milli mass unit, an unofficial unit of mass Minimum Mapping Unit, a...
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with a one-metre hatch. A special backpack unit (known as Ikar), an equivalent of the US Manned Maneuvering Unit, was located inside Kvant-2's airlock. Soyuz...
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Human spaceflight (redirect from Manned space missions)
spacewalks were performed on three missions in 1984 using the Manned Maneuvering Unit, and on a flight test in 1994 of the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue...
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полет" [Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut who has made China's first manned space flight]. fmprc.gov.cn (in Russian). 13 October 2005. Archived from...
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Astronaut Bruce McCandless II using Manned Maneuvering Unit outside the United States Space Shuttle Challenger in 1984...
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friction-less environment of outer space in five degrees of freedom The Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) simulates working untethered in a friction-less environment...
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and WhitsonD completed 1 spacewalk(s) with an Orlan Space Suit. Manned Maneuvering Unit Space suit List of spacewalkers List of spacewalks and moonwalks...
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Charles E. Whitsett (section Weightless maneuvering)
Astronaut Bruce McCandless, on his first space flight used the manned maneuvering unit (MMU) on a spacewalk to rescue three disabled satellites. These...
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Blue Gemini (redirect from Manned Orbital Development System)
experimental equipment. Possible payloads included a Manned Maneuvering Unit that would allow an astronaut to maneuver around the spacecraft, an advanced navigation...
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Historical or current tech craft include the Space Shuttle (with its Manned Maneuvering Unit) and Apollo Command/Service Module and Lunar Module. PC Gamer gave...
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Achievement Awards for EMU (Extravehicular Mobility Unit or "Space Suit") and MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) Development (1983, 1984) Group Achievement Awards...
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walks), installation of a new module, the first test of the new Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), and the second joint Soviet-French science mission. Soyuz...
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astronauts James van Hoften and George Nelson attempted to use the Manned Maneuvering Unit to capture the satellite and to bring it into the orbiter's payload...
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the Core Module. Kvant-2 also carried the Soviet version of the Manned Maneuvering Unit for the Orlan space suit. It delivered the Salyut 5B computer which...
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involved untethered activity using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) and the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue Unit (SAFER). Among this latter group, the greatest...
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(HUD) approach and landing avionics system, development of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), and the requirements definition and verification of on-orbit...
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million miles. During the mission, Bean tested a prototype of the Manned Maneuvering Unit and performed one spacewalk outside the Skylab. The crew of Skylab...
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failures. The STS 41-B mission marked the first checkout of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), and Manipulator Foot Restraint (MFR), with Bruce McCandless...
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